We are happy to unveil the opening movie for Haven, the video which will welcome you every time you start the game. The opening was created and directed by Yukio Takatsu - a specialist of anime openings, with the collaboration of Yapiko Animation and on an original music by Danger.
Takatsu-san did an incredible job bringing our concepts, world and characters to life. The editing really makes Danger's original music created for the game shine, and vice versa. We hope you will want to dance and twirl like Yu and Kay.
The opening movie conveys in essence what the team is trying to bring to life with the game: a couple of characters who love each other, and with whom they hope you are going to fall in love in turn. An established relationship, that's still evolving, in movement, gliding and twirling at a fast pace, tied by flow and rust, across different planets.
Opening movies really set the mood before you start the game. The first time you launch the game, you get a peak at the tone, the values, the characters. You project yourself on the journey. It's a teaser. Then, you discover the game, and you spend hours on it. Each time you launch the game, the opening movie is there. As soon as you hear the first note, you are swapping worlds. Like with the smell of a dish, you anticipate it, it makes you salivate. The opening is not a teaser anymore, it's a welcome.
Years later, when you watch the openings from old games, they take you back. In a couple of minutes, they revive the memory of the whole adventure. Hopefully, we can create that long lasting connection for Haven, with a memorable opening that captures the game magic.
You can read the full blogpost from Emeric Thoa, the game Creative Director on our Dev blog.
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Haven will be available for PC, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4 and Xbox Game Pass in 2020.
